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Guéhi confirms plan to leave Palace

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner revealed last night that club captain Marc Guéhi will leave Selhurst Park at the end of the season. Guehi came close to joining Liverpool in a £35m transfer on deadline day before the deal collapsed at the last minute. He will now leave as a free agent next summer.

Glasner said: “I think Marc has already told us that he doesn’t sign a new contract, so he will leave next year. The club wanted [him to stay]. They offered Marc a new contract. But he said, ‘no, I want to make something different’. And that’s normal.

“And for us, it’s how we can deal with this situation? [What] is the best way to get this next step done? And that’s all about how we are talking together.”

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Updated at 04.43 EDT

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Unai Emery is preparing for a “huge challenge” when his Aston Villa side travel to Tottenham on Sunday. Villa failed to win any of their first five Premier League games, but went into the October international break having won two in a row in the league and four in all competitions.

They now take on a Spurs side who have only lost once in 10 matches in all competitions since the start of the season, and Emery believes it will be a test of his side’s progress.

“Tottenham is one of the contender teams to be in the top seven,” he said. “Last year they didn’t achieve it, but of course this year they are really playing fantastic, getting good results, they are now in the top with 14 points, and playing at home, they are feeling strong. For us, it’s really a huge challenge.”

Emery is expecting to have Ollie Watkins, Emi Buendia and Jadon Sancho available after knocks, while Tyrone Mings could also return.

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Top-level club football returned across Europe last night, with the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Mönchengladbach in action.

Ligue 1 champions PSG were held to a 3-3 draw by Strasbourg at Parc des Princes. The visitors found themselves 3-1 up by the 50th minute thanks to a brace from Joaquín Panichelli and a strike from Diego Moreira following Bradley Barcola’s early opener. Gonçalo Ramos scored from the penalty spot before Senny Mayulu levelled things up with 11 minutes of normal time to play.

In La Liga, Espanyol managed a 2-0 win away at Real Oviedo thanks to late goals from Kike García and Pere Milla. Meanwhile, in the Bundesliga, Union Berlin cruised to a 3-1 win over Mönchengladbach with Danilho Doekhi netting a brace and Rani Khedira getting on the scoresheet. Haris Tabaković fired one home for the visitors in the first half but it was not enough to spark a comeback.

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Updated at 04.41 EDT

Elsewhere in Europe today

La Liga:

Sevilla v Mallorca

Barcelona v Girona

Villarreal v Real Betis

Atlético Madrid v Osasuna

Serie A:

Lecce v Sassuolo

Pisa v Verona

Torino v Napoli

Roma v Inter Milan

Ligue 1:

Nice v Lyon

Angers v Monaco

Marseille v Le Havre

Bundesliga:

Mainz v Bayer Leverkusen

RB Leipzig v Hamburg

Köln v Augsburg

Heidenheim v Werder Bremen

Wolfsburg v Stuttgart

Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund

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Updated at 04.41 EDT

La Liga players will protest this weekend the league’s decision to hold a regular season game in Miami, the Spanish soccer players’ union said on Friday.

Players plan to pause for 15 seconds after kickoff in games in the ninth round held from Friday through Monday, Spanish media reported.

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League Two fixtures

Salford City v Oldham Athletic (12:30pm BST)

Cambridge United v Bromley (12:30pm BST)

MK Dons v Crewe Alexandra

Chesterfield v Fleetwood Town

Shrewsbury Town v Crawley Town

Grimsby Town v Gillingham

Newport County v Cheltenham

Barnet v Notts County

Accrington Stanley v Swindon Town

Bristol Rovers v Tranmere Rovers

Walsall v Barrow

Colchester United v Harrogate Town

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League One fixtures

Burton Albion v Peterborough United (12:30pm BST)

Lincoln City v Stevenage (12:30pm BST)

Bradford City v Barnsley

Blackpool v Wycombe Wanderers

Rotherham United v Leyton Orient

Luton Town v Mansfield Town

Cardiff City v Reading

Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon

Wigan Athletic v Port Vale

Stockport County v Exeter City

Doncaster Rovers v Northampton Town

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Updated at 04.02 EDT

Championship fixtures

Southampton v Swansea (12:30pm BST)

Oxford United v Derby County (12:30pm BST)

Queens Park Rangers v Millwall (12:30pm BST)

Birmingham City v Hull City

Stoke City v Wrexham

Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield United v Watford

Norwich City v Bristol City

Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers

West Brom v Preston North End

Leicester City v Portsmouth (7:45pm BST)

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Who else is making the 300-mile journey from Newcastle to Brighton today? I imagine there must have been some early alarms this morning!

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From the pressure on Ange Postecoglou to the absence of Rodri for Manchester City, here are 10 things to look out for in the Premier League this weekend:

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Enzo Maresca has said Cole Palmer will miss another six weeks with a groin injury, raising doubts over whether the Chelsea forward will be able to regain his England place before the 2026 World Cup.

Palmer, who has been unavailable during the past two international breaks, has been struggling with his fitness since the start of the season and has not played since limping off against Manchester United last month. Chelsea have tried to manage the 23-year-old’s groin injury with rest and are confident it does not need surgery but Maresca has dashed hopes of his most influential player making a swift return.

“Unfortunately he needs to be out for another six weeks,” Chelsea’s head coach said as he prepared for his side’s trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. “We try to protect Cole as much as we can. The most important thing is when he comes back he is fully fit. The medical staff are not magicians. We hope six weeks are enough.”

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Guéhi confirms plan to leave Palace

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner revealed last night that club captain Marc Guéhi will leave Selhurst Park at the end of the season. Guehi came close to joining Liverpool in a £35m transfer on deadline day before the deal collapsed at the last minute. He will now leave as a free agent next summer.

Glasner said: “I think Marc has already told us that he doesn’t sign a new contract, so he will leave next year. The club wanted [him to stay]. They offered Marc a new contract. But he said, ‘no, I want to make something different’. And that’s normal.

“And for us, it’s how we can deal with this situation? [What] is the best way to get this next step done? And that’s all about how we are talking together.”

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Updated at 04.43 EDT

Speaking of Nottingham Forest, Ben Fisher will be on hand at 11am this morning to answer any questions you may have about the club.

Be sure to email matchday.live@guardian.co.uk with your questions for the Q&A session or leave a comment below the line.

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Ange Postecoglou’s future at Nottingham Forest is on the line this afternoon. The 60-year-old is yet to win a match with Forest and is already at risk of being sacked – despite only arriving just over one month ago.

Postecoglou urged the club’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, to maintain faith in him during his press conference yesterday.

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Today’s Premier League fixtures

Nottingham Forest v Chelsea (12:30pm BST)

Sunderland v Wolves

Burnley v Leeds United

Crystal Palace v Bournemouth

Brighton v Newcastle

Manchester City v Everton

Fulham v Arsenal (5:30pm BST)

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Preamble

Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! Premier League and EFL football is finally back after (what felt like) a long international break and business resumes as normal. I’ll be bringing you all the latest updates until the early kick-off which sees Nottingham Forest take on Chelsea at the City Ground.

We’ll also go over some of the top talking points from yesterday’s press conferences - including a huge update on the future of Crystal Palace captain Marc Guéhi - and preview each of today’s Premier League fixtures.

So, without further ado, let’s get cracking.

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Updated at 03.18 EDT

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